Feb 16, 2025
Exposing Dr. Hull: Vintage 1960s Gay Polaroids and the Secrets They Reveal
You might never guess that the mild-mannered psychologist who treated inmates by day would moonlight as a daring underground photographer by night. But that’s exactly what Dr. Hull—orchid enthusiast, Beverly Hills resident (in a home once owned by Jim Nabors), and Polaroid hobbyist—ended up doing. Sometime in the early 1960s, he turned his fascination with photography into a clandestine project. The images he produced of nude and near-nude men have quietly survived for decades, recently coming to light only after his passing.
How One Amateur Photographer and His Brave Models Defied the Era’s Harsh Laws—and Created a Timeless Testament to Queer Courage
